After attending the debates on Wednesday morning and feeling he was “stuck” in his New York civil fraud case and unable to campaign, former US President Donald Trump did not appear again in the afternoon. His “show is over,” greeted New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
Published on: April 10, 2023 – 11:47 p.m
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Donald Trump left his civil trial for fraud on the value of his real estate assets on Wednesday, October 4, being ridiculed by the Attorney General of the State of New York, Letitia James, who assured that she would not be intimidated by the former President of the United States States.
“Mr. Trump is no longer here. The Donald Trump show is over. It was nothing more than a political stunt, a fundraiser,” explained Letitia James, convinced that “justice will prevail” at the end of this process that she initiated by filing a complaint.
The former American president, favorite in the polls for the future Republican primaries, has been present at all the hearings in the Manhattan courthouse since Monday and did not miss an opportunity to repeat to journalists that Letitia James is “corrupt”, “racist”. . and is participating in a conspiracy by the Biden camp to prevent him from returning to the White House.
But after attending Wednesday morning’s hearing and telling reporters that he was “stuck” in the process and unable to campaign, he did not appear at the afternoon hearings.
Letitia James denounced his “offensive comments” “which unfortunately fueled the violence.” “Comments that I would describe as incitement to racial hatred and which unfortunately appeal to the depths of our humanity,” she added. “I won’t be intimidated,” she assured.
Remember the order
The debates taking place before a New York State Supreme Court justice can take place without Donald Trump. He faces no criminal penalty in the case, but he will be called as a witness during the trial, which will last weeks, as will his two children, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., who are also the subject of Letitia James’ complaint against the Trump Organization .
On Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron sharply rebuked the former president in full court, deploring a “demeaning” publication on his network Truth Social in which he referred to his employee as the “fiancée of (Chuck) Schumer,” the elected New Yorker and leader from the Democrats in the Senate.
After this call to order, the judge formally prohibited the parties from attacking his team. “The judge already knows what he’s going to do. He is a Democratic (party) judge. Honestly, he has no choice. “It’s run by the Democrats,” Donald Trump accused on Wednesday.
Even before the trial began, in which Letitia James is demanding a $250 million fine, Judge Engoron concluded that “repeated fraud” had been proven. As a result, he ordered Donald Trump and his two sons to have their business licenses revoked in New York State and to place the companies affected by the lawsuit in the hands of bankruptcy trustees. Donald Trump’s lawyers formally appealed the decision on Wednesday, which would result in the partial dismantling of his real estate empire.
With AFP